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FnJ.iv Morning, - January 9, S74.
The Legislature met at Ilarrisburg on
last Tuesday. In the Senate, Butler II.
Strang, of Tioga county, was elected
Sealfcr, and Uitssell rrctt, of Pittsburgh,
chosen Clerk. In the House, II. II. Mc
Cormick, of Allegheny county, was elected
Speaker and Dr. Slmrlock, of Heaver,
made the Clerk. These officers are all
KadicaK The Democrats in the Senate
voted for Win. McSherry, of A-.ianis cmm. 1 couimmiity was stirred up and in confusion,
i r e. i i : ii r i ' ! :ind afl':iirs were kIooiiiv bevoml anything
ty, for Speaker, and in the House tor hn t X.d vUm? occurred, Sainton e
II. Orvis, of Centre county. The Hover- : tereil the council-room a few minutes in ad
noi's message was sent in on Wednesday. I vara of Mr. Lincoln, and said, with great
1 ovi-irenifiit. lie had itist learned I rum re.
e will either publish it entire or givs a
full abstract of it in our next issue.
A short time ago Grant accompanied
the remains of his father-in-law, Col. Dent,
to St. Louis for interment. The following
dispatch, sent from that city at the time,
tells the sequel. In Giant's case the trans
ition from a funeral to a feast seems as
natural as it is easy :
St. Lor is, Mo., Dec. 22. An incident
connected with President C.rant'a recent
visit here is exciting some comment. Me
came on Saturday with his family to attend
the funeral of his father-in-law, whose re
mains are laid in Pellefontaine Ct n'letery.
The funeral took place on Saturday, iuime
diately aftr the arrival of the party. Yes
terday (Sunday) Gen. William S. Harney,
one of the pall-liearers, invited the President
to a dinner party at his residence in Lucas
place. The repaft issaid to have been form
al and elegant, and aliont twenty of the
President's friends sat down to it. The din
ner will serve in history as a companion
piece to the banquet given the first gentle
men of the nation by Postmaster Pilley in
Hie house over which the red ilag of a Uni
ted States official turned auctioneer was
living.
John Scott and Simon Cameron, tho
two Senators from this State, both exerted
their influence in opposition to the adop
tion of the new Constitution. Scott at
tended a meeting in Philadelphia at Con
cert Hall, on Friday night before the elec
tion, and delivered a set speech against it.
The friends of reform and honest elections
in that city answered his arguments by
rolling up a majority in its favor of o-i, ICO.
J lis own couv.'y (Huntingdon) repudiated
him by endorsing it by a majority of almost
2,:(K Cameron came from Washington
to Harrisburg on tho day before the elec
tion and organized his corrupt followers
fr the contest, and succeeded in defeat
ing it in the county by a small majority.
Scott opposed it becausa he is the apolo
gist ami defender of the Pennsylvania Hail
Road and kindred coiKrations. Camer
on hated it because lie loves the Iling ami
prospers by its corrupt practices. Had
there been a Scott or a Cameron in every
county in the State, the result would have
been the same, and the voice of a deter
mined people would have prevailed over
their most vigorous and united efforts.
f
The steamer Viiginius, whose capture
on the coast of Jamaica by the Spanish
war vessel Tornado, followed by the exe
cution of fifty-three of her passengers and
ciew, was lost in a storm off Capo Fear, on
tho North Carolina coast, on the 2Glb of
December. Tho Yirginius had been
brought from Cuba, after her delivery to
a United States naval officer, to the Dry
Tortugas, and started from that point for
New York in tow of the stcamor Ossipee.
She was leaking badly, and being unable
to outride the violence of the storm, was
abandoned by those baring charge of her,
and went to the bottom of the Atlantic, ns
before stated. It has been suggested in
some, quarters that the loss was a sot-.tp
job and did not result from unavoidable
accident. The official report, however, of
the officer in command of tho Ossipee neg
atives tho truth of such a charge, and
shows conclusively that tho catastrophe
was entirely to bo attributed to the bad
condition and general unseaworthiness of
the Yirginius. As there was no adequate
motive for her wilful destruction, wo are
bound to conclude that it was ono of the
oft recurring disasters which happen on
that stormy and fatally tempestuous coast.
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Tun ocean telegraph, as will bo seen in
another part of our paper, announces a
sudden change in the government of Spain.
On a test vote in the Cortes, on Saturday
last, Castclar, the present President of the
Republic, was defeated by a majority of
tieenty votes, and a new Ministry wa
formed with Marshal Serrano at its -head.
What will be the future government of
that country remains yet to be seen.
The New York World, which is gener
crallyweU informed on the subject of Eu
rojean politics, interprets this new phase
in Spanish affairs as follows :
Theletails which this morning reach ns
of the coup d'etat in Spain are quite too vague
and general to justify any serious aud ex
tiulcd comment. Thus much alone may he
safely and properly said, that tho advent to
supreme power of Marshal Serrano, Duke
of li Torve, is tho dclilicrate assertion tv
Onstelar and all the other real leaders of the
conservative republicans of Spain of their
determination to maintain at all hazards the
honor of tho Spanish nation and th ri 'Uis
of property anil person in Spain. ItctwVeii
the chaos of Spanish radicalism and the
abyss of Spanish absolutism no other middle
term of safety could well le dsscemcd.
Marshal Serrano is not a young man. He is
not a brilliant man. He is not in any very
high sense of th term a Statesman ; hut ho
is a man of honor and a Spanish soldier.
He commands the confidence of the Spanish
Army, as Marshal McMnhmi commands the
confidence of the French Army. And the
army in Spain to-day, as in France, is soci-
ty ;'thrt army is order ; tho army is law and
national unity. Without the Spanish Array
Spain finlay slopes fatally downward to
vag'le dis.-ohitioii and utter annihilation as
a great people. It if a new proof of the
magnanimity, the abnegation, the genius,
and the patriotism of Scimr Castclar that
he has re-ointely removed himself from the
Jir-ul ot Spanish politics to make room m
this supreme hour for a man who controls ;
the one great force "oy which alone Spain can
lie saved. It would be a creat mistake to
imagine that the advent to jmwer of Mar
shal Serrano nivalis a new dawn of hope for
1ho partisans of monarchy. The names and
tip- qualify of tlie ministers who take power
with him sutlice to prove this false. All
that t an be fairlv inferred from the news we
litis day publish is the defeat of all lha
Kchemes alike of the federalist anarchists
and of the Carlist absolutists, aid the tri
umph, at least for the time, of that conserv
ative republic which alone stands lietween
Spain and national dissolution, as wo Ik:
lieve that it also tUnidj between Europe and
social anarchy.
I
Justice t McCleilan.
The following is from Gideon Welles, a
nivmber of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. "While
' it nerds no comment, it confirms many
.'tb;;'ssa!lbyURdl,.ri"s ho r'1n.ndre
calls many memories when Washington
came within an Ace of being overcome
by the Confederates, and would but for
: the facts related below. The period allu
; d il to is immediately after the defeat of
: I'npe in front of Washington, and when
tlie advance of the victorious enemy upon
the National Capital carried dismay thro'
' out the country :
i At the s'ate.1 Cabinet meeting on Tttes
' l iv tin- 2d of September, while the whole
Halleck that the President had placed Mc
Cleilan in oiniuand of the forces in "Wash
ington. The information was surprising,
and, in view of the prevailing excitement
against that officer, alarming. The Presi
dent soon came in, and, in answer to an in
quiry from Mr. Chase, continued what Stan
ton 'had -stated. General regret was ex
pressed, and Stanton with some feeling re
marked that no order to that effect had
issued from the War Department. The
President calmly, but with some emphasis,
said the order was his, and ho would he re
cponsiitle for it to the country. With a re
treating and demoralized army tumbling in
upon us, and alarm aud panic in the com
munity, it was necessary, the President said,
that something should be done, but there
seemed to be no one to do it. lie therefore
had directed MtClellan, who knew this
whole ground, who was the lesi organizer
in the army, whose faculty was to organize
and tie fend, and who would here act upon
the defensive, to take this defeated and bro
ken army and reorganize it.
The St. Louis Republican contributes an
anecdote relating to this crisis :
McCleilan, stripped of his command and
left a mere spectator of disasters he was
powerless to avert, had retired to Washing
ton, and was sitting one evening in his of
fice, in company with Delos 1$. Saekett, now
Inspector General of the army. This olticer
had been on MeClellan's staff during the
Peninsular campaign, and was consetp.ient
j Iy perfectly familiar with the enil.arrnss
j incuts under which he had lalioreit. They
j were conversing upon the gloomy situation
of affairs, ami indulging in those reflection!)
J which that, situation would naturally give
' w.. t, !.,. tn.1.1.iiK- 'Iiith was a sliarn
ring at the door bell. The servant came in
ami announced the President and General
Halleck. MeClcllan rose at oner, and see
ing his distinguished visitors in the hall,
ushered them into a private reception-room
in the rear. After a brief consultation lie
accompanied them to a carriage in waiting,
returned to the office and remarked quietly :
"Well, Saekett, I am in command of the
Potomac : aaiu." His friend started up in
surprise, and exclaimed instinctively: "I
hope, ( leneral, you did not accept it with
out suitable guarantees" meaning guaran
tees against, further interference on the part,
of the Executive. McCleilan looked at him
with a peculiarly solemn expression he could
never afterwards forget, and said very slow
ly and deliberately : "Sir, when the Presi
dent of the United States tells me with tears
in his eyes that I am the only man who can
take command of this army ami have, the
country, it is no time to ask for guarantees.
We will leave for the front to-morrow morn
ing at daylight."
They did leave at daylight, and the cam
paign of Antietam did save the country.
.e--
The members of the Constitutional Con
vention reassembled at Harrisburg on Sat
urday, Dec. 27th, to open and count the re
turns of the election in favor of and against
the adoption of the new Constitution. The
tellers footed up the vote as follows:
For tho new Constitution 2."","r.n
Against the new Constitution ....IOtt, l'.ts
Majority for 144,3''2
A committee having been appointed pre
vious to the counting of the vote, to draft
resolutions declaring the powers of the
Convention, made the following report
through its chairman, Hon. Win. II. Arm
strong :
That they have given their most earnest
consideration to the subject committed to
them, involving as it does the powers of the
jwople to exercise their indefeasible right
to alter their form of government. A pro
ceeding to which the convention was not a
party has in its effect and result brought
into controversy some of the fundamental
principles of constitutional government.
The opinion that has bien pronounced in
this proceeding contains doctrines w hich in
our judgment ought not to be left unchal
lenged. We Wlieve them to Ik; subversive
of some of the absolute rights of the people.
We. tlK-rofore submit for the action of tlie
convention tlx: following resolutions :
1. Jlesolr'd, That this convention was
called by authority of the people as deter
mined by their vote under the act of 1871,
declaring that a convention should be called
to amend the constitution of this common
wealth and that that vote was a mandate to
the legislature which that liody was not at
liberty to disobey or modify.
2. Hesolred, That the constitution of the
State is the only recognized form of its gov
ernment, and the people having cxprcsly
reserved to themselves the right to .itct , re
form or aliolish their government in such
manner as they think proper, ami having in
distinct terms excepted this right ont of the
general powers of government and declared
that such right shall forever remain invio
lable, this convention deems it to be it-sduty
to declare that it is not in the power of any
department of an existing government to
limit or control the powers of a convention
called bv the people to reform their consti-
I tution, and that the convention, subject to
the constitution of the L nitcd StaU-s, is an
swerable only to the people from whom it
derived its powers.
William II. Akjistkoxo,
Chairman.
flmsoi; W. r.mm.E,
Thomas Howard,
CHAKI.K3 U. liUUALKW,
William I5ic;m:k,
Andrew G. CruTis,
.Iamis W. M. New lik,
S. M'lhiWl-LL SHAKPE,
W. K. LlTTI.ETOK.
This report defines in clear and precise
language the powers of the Convention,
and is intended of course as a mild protest
against the action of the Supremo Court
in restraining the five Commissioners ap
pointed by the Convention from conduct
ing tho election in Philadelphia. After
the transaction of some other business not
specially important and a speech from tho
presiding officer, Hon. John II. V,'alker,
congratulating the members on the. ratifi
cation of their work by the people, the
Convention adjourned fine die.
The Philadelphia Age has passed into
tlie hands of Dr. E. Morwitz and its t:tr?
will, after February 1st, bo known as The
JVrv Age. Dr. Morwitz is a sound Demo
crat and has had much experience in iour-
j nalism. It is announced, however, that
f The New Age will be an independent jonr
! nal, free from obligations to am political
i organization. With the disappearanco of :
i the Age tlie Democracy of Philadelphia '
will be without a daily organ. We pre- j
: snme, however, that this singular result in
the metroolis of Pennsylvania will not be j
I permitted long to continue. If it does, it
will reflect lasting discredit upou tho Dem
ocrats of that city.
' a r ...... . ..1 1 .1 Matrw rv-ii. 1iilH
JSuried Alive.
In the northern part of the city lives a
cameuter, with his family, who are natives
I of France, and have been in this country
: about eight years. One ot their children
' is a little girl named Mary, and the sub
' iect of this singular story- The child was
boin in Paris, ami was eleven years old
on the 2tth day of June last. She speaks
French, German, and English Huently,
and in conversation exhibits uncommon
intensity of mental action and vividness
of mental vision. She is of fair complex
ion and very beautiful, with lustrous eyes,
sunny liir, and a look of spiritual maturi
ty in her countenance. She has some-
, times said that she could see the forms of
1 persons who have died, and as her sinceri
! t3 could not bo doubted, this occasioned
! some alarm in the minds of her parents.
J The health of the child has not been
f good for several months, and on Saturday
morning three weeks ago she startled her
I mother by saying that she could tee her
j dead sister Louise, who came near her in
I an angel form and spoke to her, telling
j her that she would make her well so that
she would never le sick any more. Her
mother tried to persuade her to dismiss
the subject from tier mind, but she could
not stop talking, and continued describing
I her sister, saying that she was standing
j near, dressed in pure white, her face bl ight
and shining, her hair illumined with sil
' ver light, and golden dew drops dripping
I from her wings. She could also see her
! dead brother, who came close to her sister's
side. Hhile ta'kmg her strength gave
way, and she sank away as in death'.
1 he worst forbodmgs of the pareuts had
been realized, and they prepared the body
for burial. No physician had been called,
as they supposed that death had already
fallen upon their child. It was about 10
o'clock iu the morning when the apparent
death occurred. Tlie body was kept until
Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock, nearly
! thirty-six hours, during which time no
sign of returning life had been noticed.
Tho final look at the remains was taken,
the collin was scaled up aud placed in tlie
hearse, and the little cortege started for
the grave, -the parents following the hearse
in a carriage.
After proceeding some distance and
coining down on Third street, the quick
ear of the saddened mother caught the
echo of a familiar cry, and she gave ex
pression to her suspicion that it came from
tho coffin of her child. Her suspicion
was overruled, but in a few moments a
second cry was heard, and in compliance
with the wishes of the mother the hearse
was stopped and the cofiin drawn out.
The struggles of what was supposed to be
the lifeless body could now be plainly
heard. The coffin was quickly opened
and the child found to be alive, to the"
amazement and unspeakable delight of
tho parents. In her struggles she had
nearly torn from herself her death robes.
She was quickly taken from tho cofiin
and carried into the house of a French
lady at hand, where they bathed her in
vinegar. She recovered her strength ra
idly, and in a short time was taken to the
home which she had left only a few hou -bcfoie
an apparent corpse. Since that
time she has been as well as for the last
few months. Her pareuts make every ef
fort to keep her mind from reverting to
the terrible episode in her young life, fear
ing that there in a fearful fascination in it
for her.
She says that while others thought her
dead she could feel their touch and hear
distinctly all that was said, but could not
move a single muscle r make the slightest
sign. She knew when they dressed her
for the coffin, when she was laid in it, .and
heard the terrible lid fastened down, but
could not make a motion, and was utterly
powerless until the hearse had gone some
distance, when the physical forces were
probably set in motion again by the mo
tion of the vehicle.
She describes with singular enthusiasm
and jKwer for one so young the beatific
sights that she saw whilo entranced, many
different beings appealing to her in won
derful beauty. &t. Joteph Mo. Gazette.
A Car Load of Sit.k Worms' Egos. -
One of the most valuable consignments that
ever passed "across the continent" arrived
in Chicago yesterday afternoon. One
freight car contained goods whose value
exceeded $2,000,000. The. enormous cost
would be in itself a circumstance worthy
of note, but the peculiar character of the
goods gives to the affair additional interest.
Tho consignment was a car load of silk
worms' eggs, en route for France. They
were purchased in Yokohama by the French
Government, and arrived in San Francisco
Dec. 13. Only three days were lost in
transferring to the freight car, and Dec.
18th tho precious packages commeneed
their transcontinent journey.
In this country very few are familiar
with the silk worm and can have no idea
of the appearance of the eggs. In Eng
land, where the climato is less subject to
extremes of temperature, tlie silk worm is
as common . pet. as tlie canary. Boys and
girls all boast a box of thriving silk worms,
and take as much pride in winding off the
golden thread from the cocoon as the youth
of this country in the possession of mar
bles and such toys. The silk worm's egg
is about one-quarter the size of a pin's head,
and the reader may gain an idea of the
number of eggs now on their way to Paris,
when he learns that on this one car there
are nine and a half tons of eggs.
The eggs are packed in leaves, layer
upon layer, and placed in air-tight tin box
es, which are in turn covered with matting.
The car is kept at a temperature below
the freezing point, and no light is admit- j
ten. i iiv iu.iinii! covereu uoa.es are putru
an either side. There is nothing to be
seen there but matting, and the appear
ance of the boxes is certainly not indica
tive of the value of their contents. This
is the first attempt yet made to import silk
worms via the United States, and if hu
man foresight avails anything there is
every reason to look for success. Chicago
Timet, 20th.
Ths new Constitution provides that
what is known as the Spring election shall
be held throughout the State on the third
Tuesday of February. It also makes some
importaut changes respecting the qualifi
cations of voters. As the Spring election
is rapidly approaching, and as the changes
referred to will apply to all voters at that
election, we publish thm for the informa
tion of our readers aud that they may be
fully understood :
Every male citizen, twenty-one years of
age, possessing the following qualifications,
shall be entitled to vote at all elections :
First, He shall have been a citizen of tho
United States at least one month.
Second, He shall have resided in the State
one year (or if having previously been a
qnalified elector or native born citizen of the
State he shall have removed therefrom ami
returned, the six months) immediately
preceding the election.
Third, He shall have resided in the elec
tion district where, he shall otter to vote at
least two mouths immediately preceding the
election. .
Fourth, if twenty-two years of age, or
upwards he shall have paid within two
years a fc,t;tte or county tax, which shall
have been assessed at least two months and
paid at le;ist one month before the election.
TifK public debt of the United St !
l,ut 00,000 times greater than it was in
li.j, less than loity years ago.
Important from Spain The Cas
telar Government Overthrown.
JUDRirs Jan. 3. In the Cortes to-day
the deputies on two votes gave majorities
against Castclar. General Favia, who is
a" friend of Castel.ti, thereupon occupied
th nalace of the Cortes and other public
buildings with a force of fourteen thous-
and troops, uiskuocu mo vwi no m
moned the most eminent men of all par
ties, including members of the present
government, only excepting Carlists and
intrausigenrcB, to form a new government.
This, Favia declared, was the only means
for the salvation of the country. He refus
ed personally to become a member of the
government.
The streets are filled with people and
there is great excitement, but no blood has
been shed. The majority in the Cortes
against Castelar was 120.
"Madrid, Jan. o Midnight. The fiual
and decided vote by which Castelar wan
beaten in the Cortes, stood 120 to 100, the
majority against him being 20 instead of
120 as first reported. As soon as the re
sult was announced, General Favia sent
an officer to tlie chamber with a letter de
manding the dissolution of the Cortes.
Senor Salincron and others urged Cas
felar to continue in power, but their pray-
I er was refused, whereupon a company of
j municipal guards entered tho palace of
Cortes and expelled the deputies.
General Pavia, with his staff, held n po
sition outside, with a cannon pointed at
the building.
It is expected that the new ministry
will be composed of conservatives and
radicals, with Marshal Serrano as Presi
dent. Maduip, Sunday evening, Jan. 4. All
the stragctic points in the city were occu
pied by the military last night. The chief
civil and military authorities of all the
provinces in communication with Madrid
havo telegraphed to General Favia their
approval of his conduct. No disturbance
is reported in any quarter. The transmis
sion of private telegrams has been tempo
rarily suspended.
M adrid, Jau. A. Tlie new ministry has
been formed as follows : President, Ser
rano; Minister of Foreign Affairn, Sagssta;
War, Zavala; Justice, Tigueralo; Agricul
ture, IJecerra; Finance, Lchegarray; Inte
rior, Garcia Rutiz; Marine, Topeta.
WASirrxoTON, Jan. 4. Official advices
confirm the main features of the Madrid
dispatches. A new government under Mar
shal Serrano is in process of formation.
As it was not snppoyrd that the Castelar
government would be of long continuance
a change was expected, but not in the
maimer reported from Madrid, and there
fore the rovp d'etat of Favia excited much
surprise in diplomatic and otbr circles,
his name not having heretofore been men
tioned in a manner which would occasion
even suspicion of such a movement on his
part.
Speculations are freely expressed as to
the future, and the general opinion is that
the republican cause has been damaged by
lately reported revolutionary proceedings,
but official information thus far received
is of so meagre a character as to afford no
basis for reliable comment.
Marrying His Mother. What they
will do next in-ithe Oil Regions is an open
question. The latest achievement extra
ordinary is of a couple who presented
themselves before a Justice to have the
marriage ceremony performed. Tho bride
was rather elderly, say about forty-five,
whilo the groom was but a little out of
his teens. However, as "Barkis was
willin," the squire had uo objection, and
tied tlie two in that knot that binds for
life. Since that honeymoon legan it has
leaked out that the young man was a step
smi of the woman he had taken as a wife.
The statute books declare a marriage to be
illegal when contracted between a woman
and her husband's so, but whether this
is void or not, is the province of lawyers
to say. The relationships growiug out of
this event will be a little curious. Should
there be any children they would be grand
children to their own mother, and the
boys would be brothers and the girls sisters
to their own father
It will not be surprising if the queer re
vival just now experienced at Washington
Court House, Ohio, is communicated to
other places. It appears that Dr. Dio
Lewis lately lectured there on tempera nee,
and Created an excitement that has been
spreading and growing more intense as the
lecture has been discussed, until matters
have reached a fever heat. Daily prayer
meetings are being held by the wonren of
the place, after which they adjourn to the
saloons, where they pray and sing with the
keepers and their customers. The othor
day the ladies were given permission by sev
eral saloon-keepers to deposit their stock
of liquors into the gutter, which they pro
ceeded to do amid great applause. Near
ly every man in town has been induced to
sign the pledge, and the ladies express
the determination to go ahead until alco
hol is exterminated.
It is stated that the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company has purchased the Cleve
land, Mount Vernon and Delaware Rail
road, just completed from Hudson to Col
umbus, a distance of 143 miles ; the object
of which is to give the Pennsylvania Com
pany a western connection with Toledo,
but the travel west of that point toward
St. Louis would naturally take the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern route.
At Hudson the new load connects with
the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, and
at Columbus it makes direct communica
tion with St. Louis. The distance by the
new route, which this will give, from
Cleveland to St. Louis, is 507 niilas. The
distance from Cleveland to St. Louis by
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
route is 63G miles.
About three o'clock on tho afternoon
of the 1st insl. Thomas Cook, of Louisville,
Ky., who has been absent from home some
time, went to the house of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Malinda Rutledge, in Lindley
street, near Shelby, where his wife was
living. After quarreling with them for
some time he was ordered out of tho house
by Mrs. Rutledge, when, turning upon his
wife, ho stabbed her five times with a
pocket-knife, inllieting three wounds in
tho breast and two in the back. -He than
turned upon Mrs. Rutledge, stabbed ber
in the side and across the abdomen, kill
ing Lor immediately, after which Cook de
liberately cut his own throat. His wifo
will probably recover. Cook is not dead
yet, but his recovery is doubtful.
Worthy of Note. An exchange says
there is scarcely a day passes that wo do
not hear, either from persons coming into
our office or in some other way, of the suc
cess of JohnorC Anodyne Liniment in
the euro of coughs and colds, so prevalent
about town just now.
If we can benefit tho readers of the
Freeman any by recommending Parsons'
Purgative Pills to be the best anti-bilious
medicine iu tho country, we arc willing to i
do so. We have had about as good a '
chance to know as any one.
T"LM A ntmnni til n A V Sn
ti , i.. i- k ..vL,. ;iia rr.-m;i
west of Newbursr, New York, three men
were severely and perhaps fatally, burned.
Xeics atul Folttical Items.
Mr. A. H. Steinerof Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
shot a white deer iu l'ike county a few
days ago.
An Irishman and Germau of Ashland,
Schuylkill county, ran a foot race of 100
yards for the hand of a certain lady. The
Tuetin won.
The country breathes easier. - Grant,
upon discovering that tlie Senate would
not confirm Williams as Chief Justice,
"reluctantly" withdrew his name.
The wise say concerning angel.s' visits
has been proved untrue by a modern in
stance at Carrollton, 111., where Mrs. Dav
id Angel was, on the 20th ult., visited by
three little Angels, who were neither few
nor far between.
Isaac Farneman has leen sentenced
to three years' imprisonment in the State
Prison and forever disqualified from hold
ing any ofiice of trust or profit, for embez
zling $40,00 of the people's money while
Treasurer of Carroll county, Indiana.
Tlie greatest breadth of this State is
one hundred and seventy-six miles, and
the greatest length two hundred and eigh
ty miles! It contains twenty-eight million
three hundred and sixty-two thousand
eight hundred and eight acres of land.
The Princeton (III.) Clarion blows a
blast about a dry goods merchant of that
town who in a fit of somnambulism arose
from his couch, neatly cut the bedquilt in
two with his pocket scissors, and then
asked his terrified wife if he could show
her something else.
In five provinces of Russia, on the left
bank of the Volga, fntr.ine prevails. With
short crops in England, Fiance, Hungary
and Southern Russia, and famine in Ken
gal and near the Volga, there should be a
vast sale for American grain and bread
stuff in the Old World.
Ohio papers say that there was not one
word of truth in the extensively published
f tory that in a quarrel at a shooting-match
in that State on Christmas, a man named
Stowe shot his brother through the heart
aud was himself instantly lynched by the
other participants in the match.
The Mayor of Lock Haven distributed
700 loaves of bread to the poor of that city
on New Year's day. On Christmas day
the same generous citizen gave a quarter
of a dollar to all the "boys of the town"
who called on him, and two hundred and
sixty-six little ones were made happy.
It is stated that our worthy President
buys his horses from his own means, and
in that respect differs from his Cabinet.
Well, he gets an extra hundred thousand
dollars for that purpose, his stable is com
puted to be worth t hat sum ; in the mean
time the national debt aud taxes are in
creasing. During November and December the
public debt increased at the rate of ono
hundred millions of dollars per year.
Doubling up salaries, pa3'ing for hors.es
and carriages, as well as the wages of the
house servants of Radical rulers, are, we
opine, some of the "blessing" the people
prefer not to have showered upon them.
A Minnesota mechanic has solved a
difficult problem in railroading by the in
vention of a snow shovel, which clears a
roadway wide enough to allow the cars to
pass, takes all the snow clear down to the
rails, carries it up, deposits on whichever
side preferred, at a speed of from two to
six miles an hour, according to tho depth
of snow.
There are eight brothers, by the name
of Lengle, raised near'Amanda Furnace,
Dauphin county, Pa., and now residing in
that anil Lebanon counties, whose aggre
gate length is fifty-one feet, being an aver
age of 6 feet 4 inches. Adam, who meas
ures the average height, lives in Lebanon
borough. One brother is nearly a "seven
footer." A movement is now on foot in Fcnn
sylvania to organize a mammoth chorus to
sing at the Centennial Celebration in Phil
adelphia. If tho project meets with favor
and proper cncouiagemcnt they will com
mence training at an early day. The cho
rus is to consist of five hundred voices, to
be selected from the best Welsh talent in
the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys.
Tho Treasurer of Richland county,
Ohio, was a Mr. R. II. Rowland. Mr.
Rowland was a good Republican, and was
elected for the purpose of taking care of
the people's money and illustiiting Re
publican honesty. The other day be
walked off with 111,412. The people of
Richland county are now satisfied that
Mr. Rowland knows how to take care of
their money in fact knows a little too
much.
Lancaster, a quiet Massachusetts town,
has a mill ghost As soon as it is dark the
scuttle door leading to the lower basement
of Carter's mill is raised by the spirit of
one of the departed proprietors, singular
sights are seeu, and strange noises are
heard. One hundred dollars has been of
fered to any person who will dare to sleep
in tho mill at night. Several old New
England factories have curious ghost sto
ries told about them.
A Westmoreland county mystery was
cleared np on New Year's day. A year
and a half ago Jacob Tinsman, of Overton,
that county, suddenly disappeared from
his home, and after an axious search was
made for him it was at length concluded
thvt he bad either suicided or had been
foully dealt with. On New Year's be
somewhat suprised his wife and family by
walking into his home. His bosom com
panion had not made a "second venture"
during his absence, and hence we cannot
call this an Enoch Arden case.
Matthew Glidwell, residing in Madison
county, Tennessee, last week quarrelled
with his wife, and struck her over the
head with a gun, inflicting a fatal wound,
and he also knocked down his daughter,
aged nine years, with the same weapon,
and threatened to cut their throats. Tho
daughter escaped to the woods, and there
meeting Mr. Gibson, who was ont shoot
ing, told her story to Gibson and he started
back with the little girl and was mot by
Glidwell, who threatened to kill him.
Gibson retreated and was followed bv Glid
well until the former was forced to'shoot,
seriously wounding the hitter. The daugh
ter will probably recover.
A most deplorable homicide occurred
within two miles of West Jefferson. O., on
Sunday night last. While Clinton Knouff.
aged seventeen, son of a widow, was play
ing a violin, he was interrupted by his sis
ter, an esteemed young lady, who jerked
the bow from his hand and entreated him
to cease playing on the Sabbath. Finding
her efforts of no avail, she started to an
adjoining room to inform her mother of
his return, when the yonng man became
enraged and seizing a fire-poker, struck
whiet1 e 'V in,JictinS wound from
which she died almost instantly. Tho
young man seems much distressed, and
Scide';eCUtertaineti that Le commit
prfr be!onSin Mr. J. K. Soling
r ' "ff about 01,0 mi, orth-east of
Crestline, gaVC birth to a most wonderful
and strangely formed calf. The hind mrt
egs ana hoofs were that of its kind the
anTtVeT ,CSCmb,Cl1 t of an elephant!
HvVe , pRrt f itS hea1 is usually
large and high, resembling that of i..
man eyes rather low down, ears very
nS1 a.rr" KPt l,ac.k PO a Blended I
neelr Tl. l . mcnuer I
the he-id u? "'""'"S P each fide of
tne nead resembled th i.,.n r - ,
nil w l l II j til n A
unto, and the entire hea.l r.v ..
lO ;
enure head was filleH witv.
water, no solid substane
form aud location.
NEW STORE Building,! 113 and 115
JOIIXSTOAVx
GEIS.FOSTE
Having- purchased larg-ely for eash, and many j
of our jroods havinjr been bought since
the Panic, we are able to offer
EXTKA I5AKGATNS!
AND CUR CUSTCMf RS SHALL HAVE THE BENEFIT.
We will sell at prices to make the
money of our patrons go as far as
jyossible.
SPECIAL BARGAINS IN
AND
COME AND SEE THE GOODS
AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELVES !
Goods boug-ht before the Panic are
MARKED Down
TO SHIT THE TIMES.
"V V ET E IU TV K
AT HALF THE USUAL TRICE.
Wholesale Department
o.v secoxd rutfm.
GOODS AT NEW YORK AND HIIL'A TRICES
AT
Geis, Foster & Quinn's,
Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton ?t.. Johnstown.
GREAT EEDUCTM IN PRICES
TO
CASH BUYERS
AT TUB
Etensliiir Honse-FuniSMi STORE.
'"I'HE undersijrnsd rexjiect fully Infernos tUo
I JL citizen t kIikiiIhii nl th pnMlc ;enr-
nilvtlint he ims msden iir;!i.iriiniiLtil"A
I N 1 KICKS TO CASH BUTEltB on all roods in
hia line, comiKtiiifr of
MOWING and REAPING MACHINES
AND OTHER FARMING IMPLEMENTS;
COOmC, PARLOR AND HEATING STOVES
of the most popular denims unci of all styles,
priees and qualities:
mas or mil mwmi
of mr own nianufneture ;
HARDWARE, ALL KIND !
such as Locks. Screws, Butt Hinges. Shutter
Iliiiires, Table ilintie. Bolts. Iron and Nails.
Window Glass, Putty. Tntile Knives and Torks,
C'arririfT Knives and Forks, Pocket Knires, Ta
ble and Tea Sfoons. Meat Cut tars, A pple Parers,
Scissors, Shears, Kuzorsnl Strops. Hum mars,
Axes. Hatchets. Itwriuir Machines. A nffiirs. C'bis
sels. Planes, Compasses, Squares, KiTes, Hasps,
Anvils, Vises, Wrenches, liip. Panel and Cross
Cut Saws, Chains or all kinds. Shovels, Spades,
Scythes anl Snaths. Itakrs. Forks. Sleitrh-Bells,
Shoe Iists, PejfS, Wax, Bristles, Clothes Wash
ers anii Wring-crs, l'Htvnt Churns and Patent
Machines tfcnerally, tirind-Stones, Patent Mo
luHses Categand Measures. Lumber Sticks. Cast
Steel Kitles, Shot (iuns, Kevol vers. Pistols. Car
tri'lges. Powder, Caps, Lead, Horse Shoes and
Nails, Old Stove Plates. Grate and Fire Bricks,
Well and Cistern Pumps. Sea., Jtc;
Harness and Saddlery Ware
of all kind, in rreat variety:
WOOD and WILLOW WARE
beyond description ;
CAHliOX OIL and OIL LAMFS,
Fish Oil. Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating Oil,
Kosin, Tar. paints. V arnishes, Turpentine. Al
cohol, Jce. ; Sil ver-Plated Ware, Glassware, Ac
I'imilr Gi'ocerics,
such ns Teas, TofTee. Sug-ars, Syrups Molasses,
Spices. Dried Peaches, llried Apples, Hominy,
1-ish. Crackers, luce, l ean Barley, ic.
Tobacco iiiul Cigars.
Paint. Varnish.Whitewash. Scrub. Horse. Shoe,
Stove. Dustings Clothes and Tooth Brushes, all
kinds and size; Bed-Cords. Manilla Hopes, and
luauv other articles, at th louist tatts fur ensh.
HOUSE 8POUTIXG
made, painted and put up as chenp as possible,
roll Cash. C- A liberal discount made to
country dealers buyinjr Tinware bv wholesale.
GKoKGK HL'XTLKV.
Ebrnsburjr, July , l(T3.-tf.
TsJEXT DOOR TO TOST-OFFICE
Cooking Stoves,
IXetiting' Stoves.
TIN, COPPER & SpET-IRON WARE
Having' recently taken possession of the new
ly fitted up and coinmoibous building- on Hifrh
street, two doors east of the Bank and nearly
opposite the Mountain House, the subscriber is
better prepared thnn ever to manufacture all
articles in the TIN.COPPEU and SHF.ET-IUON
WAKE line, all of which will be furnished to
buyers at the very lowest living- prices.
The subscriber also proposes to keep a foB
and varied assortment of
Cocking, Parlor and Heating Stoves
of the most approved desiyn.
rPPOUTING and ROOFING madetooj-der
and warranted perfect in manufacture and ma
terial. HEPAIKING promptly attended to.
All work done l.y me will be done rijrht and
on fair terms, and all STOVES and WAKE sold
by nie can be depended upon as to qualif and
cannot be undersold in price. A continuance
and increase of patronafte is respectfullv solici
ted, and no effort will be wanting to render en
tire satisfaction to all.
VALLTELCTRIXGER.
E'ucnsburgr, Oct. 13. ISTO.-tf.
lSllisIVSBTJI
BOOK ERUGamt VARIETY STORE.
If AV 1NG recently cnlarped our stock we ara
L now prepared to sell at a great reduction
from former prices. Our Block consists of
llrinra, Medicines, PorfumerT, Kancy Soaps,
Leon's. Hall's and Allen's Hair Ketoratives,
Pills. Ointment", Plaster. Liniments, Pain Kill
lers. Citrate Magnesia, Ess. Jamaica Ginjrer,
Pure Flavoring Extracts, Essence. Lemon
Syrup. Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup, Rhubarb.
Pure Spices, &c.
Cigars and Tobaccos,
Blank Books, Deeds. Notes and Bonds; Cap,
Post, Commercial and all kinds of Note Paper;
Envelopes, Pens, Penclta, Arnolds Writing
Fluid, Black and lied Ink. tPockct and Pasa
Books. Magazines. Newspapers. Novels, Histo
ries, Bibles, Keligious, Prayer and Toy Book,
Penknives, Pipes, 4c.
t W have added to our stock a lot of FINB
JEWELKY, to which we wouldinvite the at
tention of tho Ladies.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at; lower price
than evrr offered in this place.
Paper and Cigars sold either wholesale or re
tail. LEMMON Ac ML KKAV.
July 30, 1803. Main Street, Ebensbura;.
M.
BUCK, M. I).,
I'liy airinn and ln --,
CiRROLWOWIt, Pa.
Offlce in rear of John Ruck's store. Nijrht
en Ms may be made the residence of Jo ,"
BUCK. Esq. April 4. li3.-tf.)
I AMES J. O ATM AN, M. D
l'byblcian u:l Surgeon,
. Ebi-nsbi no. Pa.
v-icc on li , a street, nearly opposite BUir'a
Hotel. Reaidenoon Crawford V..i w
where night ealls si," uh? ll ma f.-f.'
TV W PICK- Attobnky at-T,w, Eb
J I loVrr. i, jfi v m in front ror"n of T. 1
"rr P. .buildup. Centre street. All !
loruy, ana oilectios a specialty. 10-H.tfj !
R & QUI
Look at the p.,.
HEAVY BLACK ilt,.
NirWI.YopExi
ELEGANT WITERPU
V V .
Navy Blue, New Green,
.0I.D MIXFD 4M,ciim S
AVATi:niJ(
At the Reduced
BLACK WATERPROOFS
i: En a. tp white m
it V Kit A I LAM Mil JJ
jtAiini:i FLA skl,
JIari Gray Tu illtd hat,
Yard Hide Country l)qnr
Hob Itoy and HI,,,'- Vhhn
FELT SKIRTS from 75
BALMORAL SKIRTS VERY C-
Ladies', Missr.s am Cri-
WOOLEN Hr
AT LOWEST ri:KF.?.i'
Geis, Foster & (kj
Nos. 113 and V.T, Clinton St.. J
Stoves! StoY
AT CRK.VFU
THE V N D EK S IG N 1. ! W 1 LL S
FROM THIS BATE AT
REDUCED RATES FORI
AS FOI.I.OVS: SI!
JVo. O Jronsides. - - -
V " - - - ;
7 " - - - ;
9 Improved national, i
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AL50,- A LA VrT. I-"T Of
n i mrvft ruwi
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-WHICH WILL EE Ii STOrUi 0?
at cost rem n
GEO. HUNT
Ebensbursr, Not. 21, lST3.-tf.
l 'mZLZS To "VoillKJf)
Jwt Pv1ilifhel,in a Sealt'l En
A Lecture on the nature. t return
ieal cure of Spermatorrhoea rn
ness, Involuntiiry Emissions. St-x
and Impediments to Yarriniro fr.trs
vousness. Consumption. l.j ;.i
Mental and Physical I ncarai-lty. r
Self-Abuse, &e. By R 'T J . ( I LV-
Author of the'-llrecn Hook, At-.
The world-renowned author. In
ble Lecture, clearly proves from k
rience that the awrtil cod-'ui n
Abuse may be effectually it mere
medicines, and without i'ani.- ri"Jii
eiations. bougies, insirnim-ni-i. r::;
dials ; point inir on t a mode of t urea:
tain and effectual, by winch n
matter what his condition m:iy t .:
himself cheapl v. privan-lv at. ! r-:.s
LECTURE W I LL PKi V E A If '
SANDS AND THOUSANDS.
Sent under seal. t- any n 1 5ft-.
s-.-aled envelope, on the rco-it t of s
two postage stamps.
Also. I) it. Ci'lver well's M.irr.s,
Price .tO cents.
Address the Publish ?rs.
CHAS. .1. C KI.IN'Ei
187 Bonry, ew York ; Pot-oM
EBMSBURG WOOLEN H
A S luterestOQ parties Imtc torn
J. tha northern part of tis nw;:!?
rmtmm for ma n n fact nrinr WtiO.GO
arc much higher than they rraiiy
it nocary lor our own i':v-""
tha Information of th pull'.c to F-
following-
HIT cr TB'.CII
Blanket..
! s r
Tlannal
.30 aud J!t'J
Cassimeree
Ptintt
Carding and Spinuii
r - - t :
u'lJ1
T. M. JOW' ,
July 18, l!73-tf. F.hnshur,
crwUvroiTi) nor
EKKXSIIl'Kii. P-4'
jonn Fitznarns, - r.r
HAVING leased and rfi;rrr.!"":.;
well known and popular !"'
etor is now amply prepan-.l ll
all who may favor him 'l!h 1 -The
best that the market aR 'r';;
at the Table at all seasons. tl-
constantly supplied mitn tl.f i',-;'.
and the commodious Stable
fhitrirp (if ti r.'f ii I ar, :1 .! 1 1 r!' t;
effort will be spared to retnirr .j
able and well pleased i"1'' "-.'"ji!
oy proper attention to i-um"' - iV
scale of prices th proprit tor n ; ?
way to pub! c favor.
WOOLEN FACT?
I I A V IMJ introduced nt-w IH.1'---
"I Woelon Factory, we are "'
manufacture on short not ';'': .. ,
NETS. BLANKETS. FLAN N L
ST CK I NO YA KNS. Ac. . f, r f",
Wool taken in XV,V "v;1 - -worked
on shares. Ma; , yl
i i. ! l.7-'-tf
i . ... -
riLL receive money : jb
M and collect nui .p.-.
business usually done ! I 7 KliM. 0
n.n . ir JA. b-
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F. A.SnOKMAKCB... cptfl
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lir.iT- ijit
third !. from H-hitrect
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